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15 July 2014
Lofoten Islands: images of landslides and rockfalls
Over the weekend I visited the Lofoten Islands in northern Norway. This a selection of images of landslides and rockfalls that I saw along the way.
28 April 2014
Upper Madi Hydroelectric Project – another fatal landslide at a major power scheme in the Himalayas
On Friday a landslide at the Upper Madi HEP project site in Nepal trapped workers in a tunnel. Most were rescued but three lost their lives. Undortunately this is just the latest in a series of landslides associated with hydroelectric schemes in the Himalayas.
17 February 2014
New paper: the role of fatigue in rockfalls
A review of our new paper (Brain et al 2014) that examines the role of fatigue in rockfall generation
13 February 2014
Xinjiang: Landslides from the M=6.9 earthquake in NW China yesterday
On 12 February 2014 a Mw=6.9 earthquake struck Xinjiang in China. Images are emerging of some of the landslides that it triggered.
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29 January 2014
Tramin (Termeno), Italy: a very dramatic rockfall
Last week a dramatic rockfall occurred at Tramin in Italy, which involved a large boulder demolishing a 300 year old barn. It was a very lucky escape for the occupants of the adjoining house
27 January 2014
Port Hills, Christchurch: demolishing the rockfall threatened houses
The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority will today start the process of demolishing the houses in the Port Hills that have been affected by, or are threatened by, rockfalls
8 January 2014
Remarkable coastal change from the recent UK storms
It is becoming clear that the recent UK storms have markedly altered the rock coasts of parts of England
4 January 2014
Hastings rockfall: dramatic new landslide videos from southern England
New videos have appeared on Youtube over the last 24 hours of a large, dramatic rock cliff collapse at Rock-A-Nore near Hastings in East Sussex, England
13 December 2013
The Utah rockfall tragedy – the importance of interpreting clues in the landscape
The fatal Utah rockfall yesterday highlights the importance of using geomorphic evidence to highlight dangerous locations below steep slopes
18 July 2013
Toppling failure – a spectacular time lapse video from coastal cliffs in France
BRGM, the French Geological Survey, have captured a time lapse sequence of photographs of a toppling failure from St Jouin Bruneval in Normandy, France
Dave Petley is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. His blog provides commentary and analysis of landslide events occurring worldwide, including the landslides themselves, latest research, and conferences and meetings.
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